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How to organize material for your essayby Oford Dictionaries

By
now you should have all the material you need to write your essay, but
it is a good idea to go back to the question to check that you have
covered every key aspect of it before you begin to plan your essay and
how to incorporate your research into it.

As you were carrying out
your research, you will have been evaluating the issues and arguments
involved. You should now think carefully about your approach to the
essay question, the main theme or themes that are emerging, what arguments you will use, and the evidence you need to support them.

Outlining the essay

Essays should have an introductory paragraph, a main section, and a conclusion. You will now need to expand this basic format into a speciﬁc essay plan. Here is a suggested approach:

Identify the main theme or themes of the essay and the key points that you want to make.

Use these themes and points as headings
in your plan and write brief notes as to what you want to include under
each heading. These headings will help you plan out the paragraphs in
the main body of the essay.

Think about how your material relates to these points and organize your notes and other reference sources accordingly.

You
might ﬁnd it helpful to use color coding or different folders to
categorize your notes, and relate these to the headings and points in
your essay plan.

Once you have drafted an outline or plan, check it again to conﬁrm that you have covered the key points raised by the question, then critically reassess the order in which you have developed your arguments.

Remember that the most effective essays are those that enable the reader to trace your reasoning through structured arguments to the conclusion:

The introduction should set out your approach to the question and the key points that you will be considering.

The main section should present your arguments and evidence in a rational order.